Bulldogs split fall opener in San Diego and Las Vegas

MW Fall Qualifier | Oct. 2-6, 2025 | Darling Tennis Courts | Las Vegas, Nev.

MEDIA COVERAGE
Tournament Central: Mountain West
Live Scoring: IonCourt
Women's Bracket: Singles | Doubles

San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic | Oct. 3-5, 2025 | Skip & Cindy Hogan Tennis Complex | San Diego, Calif.

MEDIA COVERAGE
Tournament Central
Watch Live: Trak Tennis
Bracket

FRESNO, Calif.- The Fresno State women's tennis team will split the week as they open the fall season. Select athletes will be in Las Vegas for the Mountain West Fall Qualifier, beginning on Thursday, while the remaining will be in San Diego for the Veterans Tennis Classic beginning on Friday.

BULLDOG BONES

Fresno State opens the fall season on a split week, Bulldogs will open the season first in Las Vegas for the MW Fall Qualifier on Thursday
Friday will see the 'Dogs participating in the San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic
Returning 'Dogs Paulina Montiel and Klara Vukicevic will represent Fresno State in the Fall Qualifier this season, this will be the first appearance for the two
Five Bulldogs will head down south, Andjela Lopicic, Gianna Mastro, Eliza Dunbar and and Giulia Lodovici
Head coach Denise Dy enters her sixth year at the helm
Bulldogs welcome two freshmen - Louna Cormier and Giulia Lodovici
Fresno State sees six returners - Eliza Dunbar, Andjela Lopicic, Klara Vukicevic, Sofia Pizzoni, Gianna Mastro and Paulina Montiel
Fresno State will see a competition pool featuring Navy, University of San Diego and LMU

MW FALL QUALIFIER
The winners of the four brackets will qualify for The 2025 ITA Conference Masters Championships, which will be held from November 6-9, 2025 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, CA.

At the ITA Conference Masters athletes will look to be one of the four singles finalists or of three doubles pairs to earn their ticket to the 2025 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships.

2025 RECAP
Bulldogs finished the 2025 season with 14-9, 6-4 MW record and saw a quarterfinals appearance at the conference tournament. Matilde Magrini, Sofia Pizzoni and Yinglak Jittakoat earned postseason conference honors with singles & doubles nods.

Among the ITA, Fresno State was ranked seventh in the ITA Northwest regional rankings and Jittakoat was named Cisse Leary Sportsmanship award for the Northwest region.

NEW TO THE VALLEY
The tennis program welcomes two new Bulldogs to the official roster this season in Louna Cormier and Giulia Lodovici. Cormier comes to the Valley from Cannes, France and Giulia from Bergamo, Italy. The two 'Dogs will join the team with four years of eligibility as true freshmen.

YEAR SIX
Head coach Denise Sy enters her sixth year leading the tennis program. In her first five seasons Coach Dy has coached three MW Players of the Year, has had five consecutive top 10 ITA Northwest regional rankings and holds a 60 percent overall winning percentage. The 2022 campaign was a milestone marker for Dy as she was named MW Coach of the Year and earned the regular season title.

MW FALL QUALIFIER BRACKET
SINGLES - Round of 32
Match 3: Paulina Montiel vs Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia (UW)
Match 16: Klara Vukicevic vs #2 Jo-Yee Chan (SDSU)

DOUBLES - Round of 16
Match 2: P. Montiel/K. Vukicevic vs T. Polakova/P. Schaefer (BSU)

SDVTC BRACKET
Friday, Oct. 3 : Fresno State vs Navy (Doubles & Singles)
Saturday, Oct. 4: Fresno State vs San Diego (Doubles & Singles)
Sunday, Oct. 5: Fresno State vs Navy (Singles)

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Players Mentioned

Louna Cormier

Eliza Dunbar

Yinglak Jittakoat

Giulia Lodovici

Andjela Lopicic

Matilde Magrini

Gianna Mastro

Paulina Montiel

Sofia Pizzoni

Klara Vukicevic